Abstract
Modern democracies, based on pluralism, recognize and affirm diversity, permit peacefulcoexistence of different interests, values and convictions, and advocate a form of politicalmoderation. For democracy to function and to be successful two of the most challengingquestions must be raised and answered: Who have the right for collective decision-making?What principle should be used for these people to be elected? With the development of moderndemocracies it has become more and more accepted the idea that democracy should rest uponthe principle of majority rule, coupled with individual and minority rights. Majority rule thusrefers to the quantitative aspect of democracy, while individual and minority rights expressthe qualitative or constitutional aspect of it. A detailed analysis of democratic decision-makingprocesses shows that not all decisions made by legislature – whose members are elected by themajority of the people – are effective and good decisions, and points at the fact that most of thedemocratic decisions are not made by the majority but by minority groups, who quite often takethe initiative and can seriously influence the majority. This paper focuses on these issues.